After meeting and making an agreement with the federal government, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended the nationwide industrial action.
The strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), of about 16,000 doctors, began on Monday with complaints over unpaid salaries, non-payment of hazard allowance, and a dearth of personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals, among other reasons.
However, the federal government and the doctors had on Wednesday, September 9, reached an agreement in a bid to end the industrial action.
Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, said the federal government approved an additional N8.9 billion to pay up a large chunk of the June 2020 COVID-19 allowance to all health workers.
Ngige said the implementation of the payment of the special hazard and inducement allowance has been concluded, adding that this has been cash-backed and the mandate sent to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBM) for payments to start with effect from September 9.
Speaking on the development NARD president Aliyu Sokomba disclosed that the union would review the progress made in talks with the federal government in two weeks.
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